Shoe-polisher



No. 752,143. PATENTED FEB. 16, 1904. G. B. COLEMAN.

SHOE POLISHER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 3. 1903.

NO Mann.

UNITED STATES V Batented February 16, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE B. COLEMAN, OFMEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

SHOE-PQLlSl-IER.

srncmca'rron forming part of Letters retentive. 752,143, dated February 16, 1904.

application filed March 3, 1903.

Serial No. 145,910. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it-known that I, Gnonen B. COLEMAN, a

I citizen of the United States, residing at Memphis, Shelby county, State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Polishers, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in shoe-polishers.

The object of the present invention is to pro vide for polishing patent-leather and enameled shoes a simple and efiicient device adapted to carry a strip of cloth and capable of'enabling Like numerals of reference designate corref sponding parts in all .the figures of-thedrawmgs.

1 designates a back, preferably made of springy wood, of substantially equal breadth withthe cloth to be used and having one end prolonged and shaped into a handle 2, by which it maybe opera d.

te 3 and 4 are'detachable hookshaving two prongs 5 curved to hook over and engage notches 6 in the outer end of the back 1 or holes '[in the handle end and are broadened out into loops. 8 to hold the polishing-cloth 9. This cloth) is formed asacontinuous strip or belt, so that it may be shifted as it soils,

or, if desired,.thc portion used for rough pol ishing may be used and the other section then be shifted into position to complete the job.

If so desired; two strips of cloth of different textures, 11 and 12, may be joined together to orm the belhand these may then be shifted or use as desired. The strip llis prefer-' ably of coarse or ro gh cloth for, initial polishing and the strip 12 of smooth cloth to. give the finishing gloss to the shoe. The back is arched in order to give suflicient tension to the belt 9 to prevent the shoe being struck during use.

If desired to remove the polishingbelt, the hook 4 at the outer end is simply lifted off the handle. The opposite book can then be removed and the belt be removed and: turned wrong side out. and again be put ..in'. use or re: newed, as desired. The polishing cloth" is preferably a piece of canton-flannel "or other soft material used. in a single or 'doublethickness.

The invention has the following advantages: 5 The device, which is simple and comparatively inexpensive in construction, is strong and durable and is adapted 'to enable a piece of fabric to be rapidly and conveniently passed I over a shoe to polish the same. The device, which ban be convenientlyconstructed of a single flat strip of wood and the two hooks, enables the stripof fabrio to be readily appliedto. and removed from it and'to be shifted or turned, as desired, andentirely obviates any difliculty from the cloth slipping or tearing.

Changes inthe form, proportion, a d minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In ashoe-polisher, the combinationwith an arch spring-back having-one end -extended to form a handle, back being notched at one end and having holes through the opposite end where the handle begins, ofidetachable hooks engaging said back and resting in said notches andholes,-said hooksbeing ex- .9 tended below said back and formed into loops and a strip of polishing fabriccarried by said oops.

.2. In a shoe-polisher, the com ination-with anarch spring-back having no hes near its 95 opposite ends,'of similar hooks I I 1 said back at said notches, said hooks being extended below said backand formedinto loops ilmd av belt of polishing-cloth carried by-said oops. I

' wan-a- 3: In a shoe-pdiishi'ng device, the combina- I polishing be'i'u stretched on said hooks made tion with an arch spring-back; oppos'fiely-dis- 015 two pieces of cloth of dififmenb texture. posed. hooks attached to r V I Intaa being extended below said back 3116 ox-med 'to this specification injth presence oftwo sub- 5 intoloops, 0f a polishing-belt strata-116 am said scribing- Witnesses.

100m, @116 'bP'w being mwie of two nieces of q r #71 J i RUE B. l LFMAN. cloth 0i cilfiere-nttexture. V V 1 J0 J 4. A s z0e-p1ishing device, coi nprismg an Witnesses: V V I 1 arched back, 0pp0s1tely-dispdnsed 'haoks at J; 1, WVEHMAN,

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